Hans-Johann Glock

Hans-Johann Glock, Prof. Dr.

Ordinarius / Full Professor

Phone: +41 44 634 51 57
Address: UZH, Philosophisches Seminar, Zürichbergstrasse 43, CH-8044 Zürich
Room number: ZUP-F-117

E-Mail

Office hours

Wednesday, 15:00 to 16:00 , Zürichbergstrasse 43, 1. floor, room 117 (Please make an appointment: 044 634 45 31 or philsem@philos.uzh.ch).

Research

Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Language
History of Analytic Philosophy
Wittgenstein
Concepts
Animal Minds
Normativity of Language

Research Database University of Zurich

Curriculum vitae

2023	Visiting Professor, Université de Luxembourg
2023	Fellow of the Institute of Philosophy KU Leuwen
02/2017 – 01/2021	Head of Department, Department of Philosophy, UZH
2014	Research Award Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2009 – 2014	President Philosophische Gesellschaft Zürich
since 2006	University of Zurich, Philosophisches Seminar: Ordinarius, Chair of Theoretical Philosophy of Zurich, Philosophical Seminar: Ordinarius, Lehrstuhl of Theoretical Philosphy Visiting Professor, University of Reading, UK
1997 - 2000	Visiting Professor, Queen's University, Kanada Hugh-Le May Research Fellow, Rhodes University, Südafrika
1998 - 2000, 2004	Research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung at the University of Bielefeld
1991 - 2006	University of Reading, Department of Philosophy: Lecturer (1991), Reader (1997), Professor of Philosophy (2003)
1990 - 1991	Junior Research Fellow am St. John's College, Oxford
1981 - 1990	Studies: Philosophy, Linguistics und Mathematics at Tübingen, FU Berlin and Oxford. M. A. Berlin 1986; D.phil. Oxford 1990

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Editorial Board

Grazer Philosophische Studien, Nordic Wittgenstein Review, Wittgenstein Studies, Teorema, Dokos, Zeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung, Palgrave Series “History of Analytic Philosophy”.

Editorial Board of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy for the Twentieth Century Philosophy section.

Memberships

Aristotelian Society
Gesellschaft für Analytische Philosophie
UK Kant Society
Deutsche Ludwig Wittgenstein Gesellschaft
Philosophische Gesellschaft Zürich

Teaching

Vorlesungsverzeichnis

V-Nr	Course	Start / End	Date	Lecturers
2167	Metaphysik (Glock) (Fortsetzung aus HS24, nicht separat buchbar) 06ST160-016c	from 21 Feb 2025 to 30 May 2025	as announced or arranged	Hans-Johann Glock
2118	Erkenntnistheorie (Glock) (Fortsetzung aus HS24, nicht separat buchbar) 06ST160-017c	from 21 Feb 2025 to 30 May 2025	as announced or arranged	Hans-Johann Glock
2226	Sprachphilosophie (Glock) (Fortsetzung aus HS24, nicht separat buchbar) 06ST160-018a	from 21 Feb 2025 to 30 May 2025	as announced or arranged	Hans-Johann Glock
1976	Philosophie des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts (Glock) 06ST160-012h	from 1 Feb 2025 to 31 Jul 2025	as announced or arranged	Hans-Johann Glock
0589	Erkenntnistheorie (Glock) 06ST160-017i	from 1 Feb 2025 to 31 Jul 2025	as announced or arranged	Hans-Johann Glock
2542	Sprachphilosophie (Glock) 06ST160-018f	from 1 Feb 2025 to 31 Jul 2025	as announced or arranged	Hans-Johann Glock
2831	Zentrale Themen und Werke der Philosophie (Glock) 06ST160-504b	from 12 May 2025 to 12 May 2025	12.5.: 12:30-14:00	Hans-Johann Glock
1786	Metaphysik (Vertiefung) (Glock) 06ST160-511e	from 1 Feb 2025 to 31 Jul 2025	as announced or arranged	Hans-Johann Glock
3784	Einführung in die theoretische Philosophie 06VL160-003a	from 19 Feb 2025 to 28 May 2025	We 12:15-13:45	Hans-Johann Glock Anne Meylan
3778	Einführung in die Geschichte der Philosophie 06VL160-009a	from 20 Feb 2025 to 22 May 2025	Thu 10:15-12:00, to 22.5., 22.5.: 10:15-11:45	Hans-Johann Glock Anne Meylan
3776	(Wiederholungsprüfung) Einführung in die theoretische Philosophie 06RP160-003b	from 13 Aug 2025 to 13 Aug 2025	13.8.: 12:15-13:45	Hans-Johann Glock Anne Meylan
2204	Philosophie des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts (Glock) (Fortsetzung aus HS24, nicht separat buchbar) 06ST160-012c	from 21 Feb 2025 to 30 May 2025	as announced or arranged	Hans-Johann Glock
2205	Philosophie des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts (Vertiefung) (Glock) (Fortsetzung aus HS24, nicht separat buchbar) 06ST160-507b	from 21 Feb 2025 to 30 May 2025	as announced or arranged	Hans-Johann Glock
2170	Metaphysik (Vertiefung) (Glock) (Fortsetzung aus HS24, nicht separat buchbar) 06ST160-511a	from 21 Feb 2025 to 30 May 2025	as announced or arranged	Hans-Johann Glock
2126	Erkenntnistheorie (Vertiefung) (Glock) (Fortsetzung aus HS24, nicht separat buchbar) 06ST160-512b	from 21 Feb 2025 to 30 May 2025	as announced or arranged	Hans-Johann Glock
2231	Sprachphilosophie (Vertiefung) (Glock) (Fortsetzung aus HS24, nicht separat buchbar) 06ST160-513a	from 21 Feb 2025 to 30 May 2025	as announced or arranged	Hans-Johann Glock
1783	Metaphysik (Glock) 06ST160-016f	from 1 Feb 2025 to 31 Jul 2025	as announced or arranged	Hans-Johann Glock
1951	Philosophie der Antike und des Mittelalters (Vertiefung) (Glock) 06ST160-505i	from 1 Feb 2025 to 31 Jul 2025	as announced or arranged	Hans-Johann Glock
1977	Philosophie des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts (Vertiefung) (Glock) 06ST160-507h	from 1 Feb 2025 to 31 Jul 2025	as announced or arranged	Hans-Johann Glock
0596	Erkenntnistheorie (Vertiefung) (Glock) 06ST160-512h	from 1 Feb 2025 to 31 Jul 2025	as announced or arranged	Hans-Johann Glock
2546	Sprachphilosophie (Vertiefung) (Glock) 06ST160-513e	from 1 Feb 2025 to 31 Jul 2025	as announced or arranged	Hans-Johann Glock
3790	Theoretical Philosophy 06KO160-503d	from 19 Feb 2025 to 28 May 2025	We 14:00-15:45	Hans-Johann Glock
3811	Concepts and propositions from Plato to Künne 06SE160m502a	from 17 Feb 2025 to 26 May 2025	Mon 14:00-15:45	Hans-Johann Glock
3774	(Wiederholungsprüfung) Einführung in die Geschichte der Philosophie 06RP160-009b	from 21 Aug 2025 to 21 Aug 2025	21.8.: 10:15-11:45	Hans-Johann Glock Anne Meylan
4034	Theoretical Philosophy 06KO160G120a	from 21 Feb 2025 to 30 May 2025	to be announced	Hans-Johann Glock
4036	Interuniversitäres Kolloquium Theoretische Philosophie: Begriffe, Ideen, Universalien 06KO160G125a	from 21 Feb 2025 to 30 May 2025	to be announced	Hans-Johann Glock Katia Saporiti

Publications

ZORA Publication List

Publications

2024
- Book Section
  - Glock, Hans-Johann (2024). Concepts and experience in bounds of sense and beyond. In: Bengtson, Audun; Heyndels, Sybren; De Mesel, Benjamin. P. F. Strawson and his philosophical legacy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 120-145.
- Monograph
  - Glock, Hans-Johann (2024). Normativity, meaning and philosophy: essays on Wittgenstein. London: Anthem Press.
2023
- Journal Article
  - Taylor, Derry; Gönül, Gökhan; Alexander, Cameron; Zuberbühler, Klaus; Clément, Fabrice; Glock, Hans-Johann (2023). Reading minds or reading scripts?: de-intellectualising theory of mind. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 98(6):2028-2048.
  - Glock, Hans-Johann (2023). The quest for rigour in early analytic philosophy. Rivista di filosofia, 114(3):589-614.
  - Gasparri, Luca; Filippi, Piera; Wild, Markus; Glock, Hans Johann (2023). Notions of arbitrariness. Mind & Language, 38(4):1120-1137.
- Book Section
  - Glock, Hans-Johann (2023). “The only strictly correct method of philosophy”: logical analysis and anti-metaphysical dialectic. In: Stokhof, Martin; Tang, Hao. Wittgenstein's Tractatus at 100. Cham: Springer International, 143-166.
2022
- Journal Article
  - Glock, Hans-Johann (2022). Norms, reasons and anthropological naturalism. Philosophical Topics, 50(1):9-32.
- Book Section
  - Glock, Hans-Johann (2022). Moral certainties – subjective, objective, objectionable?. In: Eriksen, Cecilie; Hermann, Julia; O'Hara, Neil; Pleasants, Nigel. Philosophical perspectives on moral certainty. New York: Routledge, Taylor&Francis Group, 171-191.
  - Glock, Hans-Johann (2022). Reflections and replies. In: Pfisterer, Christoph Caspar; Rathgeb, Nicole; Schmidt, Eva. Wittgenstein and beyond : essays in honour of Hans-Johann Glock. New York, NY: Taylor & Francis, 307-332.
  - Glock, Hans-Johann; Genot, Pit (2022). Kriterium. In: Weiberg, Anja; Majetschak, Stefan. Wittgenstein-Handbuch: Leben - Werk - Wirkung. Heidelberg: J.B. Metzler, 282-284.
  - Glock, Hans-Johann; Haemmerli, Elia (2022). Verhalten (Behaviourismus). In: Weiberg, Anja; Majetschak, Stefan. Wittgenstein-Handbuch: Leben - Werk - Wirkung. Heidelberg: J.B. Metzler, 407-411.
  - Glock, Hans-Johann (2022). Ordinary language philosophy. In: Weiberg, Anja; Majetschak, Stefan. Wittgenstein-Handbuch: Leben - Werk - Wirkung. Heidelberg: J.B. Metzler, 455-460.
  - Glock, Hans-Johann (2022). Strawson and non-revisionary naturalism. In: De Caro, Mario; Macarthur, David. The Routledge handbook of liberal naturalism. London: Taylor & Francis Group, 441-455.
2021
- Journal Article
  - Schlicht, Tobias; Brandl, Johannes L; Esken, Frank; Glock, Hans-Johann; Newen, Albert; Perner, Josef; Poprawe, Franziska; Schmidt, Eva; Strasser, Anna; Wolf, Julia (2021). Teleology first: goals before knowledge and belief. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 44:e169.
  - Glock, Hans-Johann; Schmidt, Eva (2021). Pluralism about practical reasons and reason explanations. Philosophical Explorations, 24(2):119-136.
- Book Section
  - Glock, Hans-Johann (2021). Ayer’s Verificationism: Dead as a Dodo?. In: Tuboly, Adam Tamas. The Historical and Philosophical Significance of Ayer’s Language, Truth and Logic. Cham: Springer, 251-278.
  - Glock, Hans Johann (2021). Concepts and experience: a non-representationalist perspective. In: Demmerling, Christoph; Schröder, Dirk. Concepts in Thought, Action, and Emotion. New York: Routledge, 21-41.
  - Glock, Hans Johann (2021). Animal consciousness – A limit of language?. In: Appelqvist, Hanne. Wittgenstein and the Limits of Language. New York: Routledge, 197-222.
- Scientific Publication in Electronic Form
  - Glock, Hans Johann; Bossart, Yves (2021). Hans-Johann Glock – Tiere verstehen, aber wie?. Zürich: SRF.
2020
- Journal Article
  - Glock, Hans-Johann (2020). Minds, Brains, and Capacities: Situated Cognition and Neo-Aristotelianism. Frontiers in Psychology, 11:566385.

Pagination

Weiterführende Informationen

Sternstunde Philosophie: Den Geist der Tiere verstehen – aber wie? (2022)
With Yves Bossart

Truth 20|21: Truth and the Tractatus (2021)
Podcast of a workshop by the Virtual International Consortium for Truth Research (VICTR) with contributions of Hans-Johann Glock, José Zalabardo and Juliet Floyd

Sternstunde Philosophie: Ludwig Wittgenstein – Der Ausweg aus dem Fliegenglas (2013)
With Barbara Bleisch

A Festschrift dedicated to Professor Hans-Johann Glock has just been published by Routledge

Wittgenstein and Beyond Essays in Honour of Hans-Johann Glock, edited By Christoph C. Pfisterer, Nicole Rathgeb, Eva Schmidt (Routledge, Abingdon 2022)

It includes contributions by leading philosophers from Great Britain, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, with an Introduction by the editors as well as Reflections and Replies by Glock.

Hans-Johann Glock has been appointed to the editorial board of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy for the Twentieth Century Philosophy section. Congratulations from the seminar!

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